List of shipwrecks in July 1840

The list of shipwrecks in July 1840 includes ships sunk, foundered, wrecked, grounded, or otherwise lost during July 1840.

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July 1840

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## 1 July

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List of shipwrecks: 1 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Eleanor |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground in the Bird Islands. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to North Shields, County Durham.[1]
Roden |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Langlade Island, Miquelon. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Miramichi, New Brunswick, British North America to Gloucester.[2]

## 2 July

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List of shipwrecks: 2 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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August Marie |  France | The lugger was wrecked at Beachy Head, Sussex, United Kingdom Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from "Varmes" to Boulogne, Pas-de-Calais.[3]
Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Holme Sand. She was on a voyage from Bruges, Belgium to Arbroath, Forfarshire. Mary was later refloated.[4]
Superior, and
Thomas |  United Kingdom | The ships collided in the River Avon and were both beached at Pill, Somerset.[4]

## 3 July

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List of shipwrecks: 3 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Jason |  Prussia | The brig capsized in a squall at Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom.[5]
Thomas and Adah |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was refloated and put into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[4]
Unnamed  |  France | The lugger was wrecked at Birling Gap, Sussex, United Kingdom. Her four crew were rescued by rocket apparatus.[6]

## 4 July

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List of shipwrecks: 4 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Swift |  United Kingdom | The smack was wrecked on the Sunderland Bank, in the Irish Sea. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Lancaster to Fleetwood, Lancashire.[7]

## 5 July

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List of shipwrecks: 5 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Catherine |  United Kingdom | The sloop was driven ashore and capsized at North Queensferry, Fife. She was on a voyage from Stirling to Hartlepool, County Durham. Catherine was refloated on 6 January and taken into St. Davids, Fife.[4][8]
Jantina |  Netherlands | The ship ran aground on the Banjaard Bank, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Cardiff, Glamorgan, United Kingdom to Rotterdam, South Holland. Jantina was refloated and taken into Brouwershaven, Zeeland.[9]
L'Etienne |  France | The ship was discovered abandoned in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Sunderland, County Durham, United Kingdom to a French port. L'Etienne was taken into Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, United Kingdom.[8]
Lisbon |  Portugal | The ship was destroyed by fire in the Atlantic Ocean. Seven crew were rescued by Julie ( United Kingdom). Lisbon was on a voyage from Faro to Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom.[10]
Marys |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground at Port Madoc, Caernarfonshire.[8]
Regina |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground off Texel, North Holland, Netherlands. She was on a voyage from London to Königsberg, Prussia. Regina was later refloated and taken into Tønning, Duchy of Holstein.[11]

## 6 July

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List of shipwrecks: 6 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Two Brothers |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated and taken into Harwich, Essex in a severely leaky condition.[8]

## 7 July

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List of shipwrecks: 7 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Bithon |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Gelbsand, in the North Sea. Her crew were rescued She was on a voyage from Cuxhaven to Hartlepool, County Durham.[11]
Helene |  Hamburg | The ship was driven ashore at Port-au-Prince, Haiti. She was on a voyage from Port-au-Prince to Hamburg. Hellene was refloated the next day and resumed her voyage.[12][13]

## 8 July

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List of shipwrecks: 8 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Euterpe |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Lafolle Reef. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Maracaibo, Venezuela to Liverpool, Lancashire.[14]
Governor Endicott |  United States | The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault, Swan River Colony.[15][16]
North America |  United States | The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault.[15]
Quebec |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Manicougan Shoals. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Sunderland, County Durham.[17] Quebec was refloated in October and put back to Quebec City.[18]
Samuel Wright |  United States | The whaler was wrecked at Leschenault.[15]

## 10 July

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List of shipwrecks: 10 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Arms |  United Kingdom | The schooner was wrecked on the Vogel Sand, in the North Sea. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to Hull, Yorkshire.[19][20][21]
City of Edinburgh |  United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on Flinders Island, South Australia. All on board were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[22][23]
Ocean Queen |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Flinders Island. She was on a voyage from London to Launceston, Van Diemen's Land.[24][23]
Richard and Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked on Eierland, North Holland, Netherlands. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Hamburg to London.[25]
William |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Ifjord, Norway. She was on a voyage from Gothenburg, Sweden to London. William was later refloated and resumed her voyage.[26]

## 11 July

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List of shipwrecks: 11 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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City of Edinburgh |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Prime Seal Island, Van Diemen's Land. Her crew survived.
Louisa |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the North Sands. She was on a voyage from Penang to Singapore.[27]
Paquette de Cádiz |  Spain | The brig was wrecked on a reef 16 leagues (48 nautical miles (89 km)) off Nuevitas, Cuba with the loss of 77 lives. She was on a voyage from Puerto Principe, Haiti to Havana, Cuba.[28][29]

## 12 July

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List of shipwrecks: 12 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Emerald |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on Cobbler's Rocks, off Barbados. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from London to Saint Vincent, Virgin Islands.[12][30]

## 15 July

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List of shipwrecks: 15 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Gertrude |  Netherlands | The ship ran aground on a reef off Dyngö, Sweden. She was on a voyage from Danzig to Amsterdam, North Holland. Gertrude was refloated the next day and put into "Rüso".[26]
Napoleon |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on the Cat Key. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana, United States to Liverpool, Lancashire.[31]
Swallow |  United Kingdom | The ship departed from Guayaquil, Ecuador for Cádiz, Spain. No further trace, presumed foundered in the Atlantic Ocean with the loss of all hands.[32]

## 16 July

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List of shipwrecks: 16 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Credo |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Aberystwyth, Carmarthenshire and was severely damaged. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada, British North America to Aberystwyth.[33]
Howard |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[34][35]
Marquess of Wellington |  United Kingdom | The ship struck sunken rocks in the Sound of Islay and was beached at Tobermory, Isle of Mull.[33]
Paketa de Trieste |  Trieste | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom to Trieste. Paketa de Trieste was refloated and put back to Liverpool.[36]

## 17 July

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List of shipwrecks: 17 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Blossom |  Van Diemen's Land | The schooner departed from Hobart for Adelaide, South Australia. No further trace, presumed foundered with the loss of all hands.[37]
Margarethe Johanne |  Danzig | The ship ran aground on the Leligrand. She was on a voyage from Danzig to London, United Kingdom.[26]
Rawlings |  United Kingdom | The barque ran aground in the Western Channel. She was on a voyage from London to Sydney, New South Wales.[38]

## 18 July

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List of shipwrecks: 18 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Isabella |  New South Wales | The schooner was driven ashore and wrecked in the "Schrutten Passage".[39]

## 19 July

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List of shipwrecks: 19 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Cerus |  United Kingdom | The barque was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. Her crew were rescued by the schooner St Peter ( United Kingdom). Cerus was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. She was later refloated and taken into Quebec City.[40][41]
Emulous |  United Kingdom | The ship struck the Runnel Stone and sank. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from a Welsh port to Penzance, Cornwall.[42]
Cyrus |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore on Anticosti Island, Lower Canada, British North America. She was on a voyage from Quebec City, Lower Canada to Sligo. Cyrus was refloated in late October and taken into Quebec City.[43]
Howard |  United Kingdom | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked at the Cape of Good Hope.[44]

## 20 July

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List of shipwrecks: 20 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Mary |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Noose Sand, in the River Severn, capsized and sank.[45]

## 22 July

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List of shipwrecks: 22 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Edward Reid |  United Kingdom | The barque was wrecked on the Split Rock off the coast of New Brunswick, British North America. She was on a voyage from Londonderry to Saint John, New Brunswick. Some of the 104 passengers on board were rescued by the steamship Nova Scotia ( British North America).[28][46][47]
Woodman |  United Kingdom | The ship collided with Neptune ( United Kingdom) in the Bristol Channel 8 nautical miles (15 km) east north east of Lundy Island, Devon and sank. She was on a voyage from Swansea, Glamorgan to Great Yarmouth, Norfolk.[48]

## 23 July

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List of shipwrecks: 23 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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HMS Actaeon |  Royal Navy | The sixth rate frigate ran aground at Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was refloated with assistance from USS Marion ( United States Navy), French Navy and Royal Navy ships. HMS Actaeon was on a voyage from Buenos Aires to Montevideo, Uruguay.[49]
Altorf |  United States | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Cape Trafalgar, Spain. She was on a voyage from New Orleans, Louisiana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France.[50]

## 24 July

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List of shipwrecks: 24 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Johanna Williamina |  Stettin | The galiot foundered west of South Uist, Outer Hebrides, United Kingdom. Her crew were rescued. She was on a voyage from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, United Kingdom to Stettin.[51][52]
Victoria |  Spain | The ship ran aground on the Cochinos Rock. She was on a voyage from Manila, Spanish East Indies to Cádiz. Victoria was refloated with assistance from Tagus ( United Kingdom) and taken into Cádiz.[31][53]

## 25 July

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List of shipwrecks: 25 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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North Carolina |  United States | The steamboat was in collision with Governor Dudley ( United States) and sank 60 nautical miles (110 km) south of Wilmington, North Carolina. All on board were rescued by Governor Dudley. North Carolina was on a voyage from Wilmington to Charleston, South Carolina.[54]
Two Brothers |  United Kingdom | The brig ran aground on the Gunfleet Sand, in the North Sea off the coast of Essex. She was refloated with assistance from the steam tug Queen ( United Kingdom).[55][48]

## 26 July

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List of shipwrecks: 26 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Ann |  United States | The schooner foundered off Tobago. She was on a voyage from Barbados to Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.[56]

## 28 July

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List of shipwrecks: 28 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered off Tobago. Her crew were rescued.[57]
HMS Buffalo |  Royal Navy | The full-rigged ship was wrecked in Mercury Bay with the loss of two of her crew.

## 29 July

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List of shipwrecks: 29 July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Caroline |  Denmark | The ship sank in the Agger Channel.[50] Her crew were rescued.[58]
Harriet |  United Kingdom | The ship foundered in the Indian Ocean with the loss of six of her crew. She was on a voyage from Île Bourbon to Mauritius.[59]

## Unknown date

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List of shipwrecks: Unknown date in July 1840  Ship | State | Description

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Africa |  United Kingdom | The ship was destroyed by fire at Jamaica in early July.[17]
Ann |  United Kingdom | The ship was wrecked on "Hochland" before 16 July.[60]
Cora |  France | The ship was driven ashore and wrecked near Havana, Cuba. She was on a voyage from Havana to Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône.[31][61]
Duke d'Aumaie |  France | The ship was driven ashore near Cartagena, Spain before 7 July and was subsequently burnt. She was on a voyage from Port Vendres, Pyrénées-Orientales to Rouen, Seine-Inférieure.[48]
I. O. |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground at Puerto Cabello, Venezuela. She was later refloated and repaired.[62]
Jim Crow |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on Taylor's Bank, in Liverpool Bay. She was on a voyage from Liverpool, Lancashire to Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands. Jim Crow was refloated on 16 July and put back to Liverpool.[36]
T. S. Reeves |  United Kingdom | The ship ran aground on the Kentish Knock. She was on a voyage from Cork to London. T. S. Reeves was refloated on 7 July.[7]

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